InfoWatch presents the latest analytical study of reported incidents in the field of confidential data leaks. The study is targeted at security experts. This report is based upon the leak database maintained by InfoWatch analytical center since 2004.
Today’s threat landscape is very complex. Cybercriminals use a wide range of threats to hijack people’s computers and to make money illegally. These threats include Trojans of many different kinds, worms, viruses and exploit code which is designed to enable malware to make use of vulnerabilities in the operating system or applications.
The statistics used in this report are generated by the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), a major innovation implemented in Kaspersky Lab personal products. The system is currently being adapted for implementation in Kaspersky Lab’s corporate product offerings.
With the appearance of botnets, criminal gangs have gained access to millions of infected computers and the number of cybercrimes committed has risen sharply. Although the majority of Internet users understand that zombie networks pose a serious threat, many do not know how or why botnets are created and maintained.
Introduction: cybercrime trends and evolution
Over the past few years, the Internet has become a dangerous place. Initially designed to accommodate a relatively small number of users, it grew far behind anything its creators could have anticipated. There are currently over 1.5 billion Internet…
